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The Scar
Sláma, Matěj ; Nytra, Martin (referee) ; Mazanec, Martin (advisor)
Diploma thesis Scar is a short film about the fictional history of the found „monument“. In the animated film, I examine the context and meaning of the „monument“ in a virtual environment that I created based on visual documentation and mapping of specific places that I explored during my expeditions through the urban landscape of Brno and The Hague. These are mainly „lost“ spaces (also referred to as vague terrain or no man's land), which inspired me to create my own visual map of my urban explorations. The starting point of the work is personal lived experience, which I reflect by documenting places, creating 3D objects and manipulating 3D scans of „lost“ spaces with elements of computer games. In the resulting film, the viewer follows a guide–walk through a virtual environment where objective reality is intentionally blended with a fictional world built on the author's imagination.
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The Phenomenon of RPG
BARFUS, Karel
The bachelor thesis deals with the phenomenon of tabletop RPGs. In the form of qualitative research, it explores topics identified in participatory observations and interviews with players. These topics include atmosphere, imagination, relationships between players and game characters and their mutual influence. Next, memories and experiences mentioned by respondents in relation to playing RPGs are discussed.
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Ethnographic study of Role-playing in World of Warcraft
Dušek, Ondřej ; Švelch, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Reifová, Irena (referee)
This thesis explores the almost unexplored phenomenon of role-playing in the MMORPG video game genre, focusing specifically on role-playing in World of Warcraft (WoW). Its assumption is that although players of this genre overwhelmingly focus on the gameplay aspects of the game, role-playing in MMORPGs exists and takes place as an activity of the fringe culture of players. The aim of this thesis is to investigate this phenomenon in WoW, to find out how role- playing in the game takes place and what artificial reality role-playing participants create in the virtual world of the game, and also to define this phenomenon as a form of role-playing The theoretical part of the thesis is divided into three segments. The first segment deals with role-playing itself and the role-playing game (RPG) genre, which is superior to the MMORPG subgenre. The second segment delves into the known knowledge about role-playing in MMORPGs, and the third describes the examined game WoW. In order to fulfill the goals of this thesis and answer the research questions, ethnographic procedures are used in the research part, by which the author of this thesis infiltrates the virtual role-playing environment in WoW and actively participates in the events, which he further describes and analyzes. Based on the analysis of field...
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RPG as a narrative medium
Slavík, Petr ; Švelch, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Hrdina, Matouš (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with narrative in video games, specifically in RPGs and its "hybrids". Theoretical part presents selected concepts of game studies and narratology, which are used as a base for a possible method of analysis in the practical part of this paper. This method is demonstrated using four examples to form four short case studies.
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Working with a storyline in computer games
Valentová, Simona ; Mocná, Dagmar (advisor) ; Klumparová, Štěpánka (referee)
The bachelor thesis with the topic "Working with a storyline in computer games" consists of two parts. The first part defines and explains necessary terms which are connected with the narrative methods or playing computer games. There is also described how the story works and its parts in general, relevant game and literary genres. This part also references to some scientific approaches, which have already been applied to the narrative components of computer games. Second part of the bachelor thesis is dedicated to analysis, interpretation and comparison of two particular computer games according to defined theoretic findings. These games are World of Warcraft and The Black Mirror, which are different almost in all aspects, thus they are suitable for showing their various working with the story. This bachelor thesis tries to show a specific conception of the story within the computer game, which is considered as a separate medium.
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Cooperative game editor
Žofák, Norbert ; Keznikl, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Kruliš, Martin (referee)
The aim of the work is implementation of a cooperative game editor. The editor is mainly designed for non-programmers, who wish to create their own RPG games, alone or in cooperation with others. Game elements - basic units of the game world - are templated, so users can easily add new game elements to the game world. The game is driven by events, which can be handled by user-defined Lua scripts. User interface of the editor is simple and straightforward with well-arranged lists of game elements and a property editor for easy editing. The editor provides two modes - edit mode and play mode. The latter is designed for immediate testing of currently edited game. Cooperativity of the editor is ensured by synchronization with a database server. The result of a work in the editor is a final game in the form of an executable package.
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Key Differences Between Japanese and Western Video Games
Agazhanova, Anara ; Rujbrová, Šárka (referee) ; Krhutová, Milena (advisor)
Tato práce se zaměřuje na identifikaci rozdílů stejně jako nalezení podobností v prvcích designu role-playing videoher. Rozdíly mezi západními a japonskými role-playing hrami ilustrují, jak kulturní aspekty ovlivňují proces vývoje her. Teoretická sekce práce se zaměřuje na základní principy japonského umění, jeho formy a estetiku, což jsou faktory, které stojí za současnou japonskou herní tvorbou. Je popsán jedinečný charakter japonských her ve srovnání s hrami v západním stylu, stejně jako důvody vedoucí k těmto rozdílům. Tři RPG herní tituly jsou porovnány z hlediska uživatelského rozhraní, grafického designu a vlastností postav.
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Impact of Playing RPG on Players' Development of Creative Thinking
Sabonová, Karolína ; Lukavská, Kateřina (advisor) ; Hříbková, Lenka (referee)
This diploma thesis examines the impact of playing RPG on the development of players'creative thinking. Our aim was to analyze the development of creative thinking in relation with RPG playing. This development was observed in the group of beginners and advanced players and in the control group during six months using creative thinking tests (Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking - Figural, Urban's Test for Creative Thinking- Drawing Production). Tests were administered three times, in the beginning, after 3 months and after 6 months. During the second measurement the experimental group was also assigned a Creative Personality Scale (CPS). The obtained values were processed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and t-tests. Overall, it has not been conclusively proved that playing RPG influenced the creative thinking development of players, but a certain trend of improved creativity, especially in RPG-beginners was observed. We found out that the gaming intensity (hours per week) and the creativity are not related. A positive relation between the CPS score and the creativity improvement and also relation between the age and the creativity improvement was established. KEYWORDS RPG, creative thinking, Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking - Figural, Urban's Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing...
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